"Rodriguez, 27, spent the 2023-24 seasons with the Yakult Swallows in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, parlaying that into a big league deal with the Brewers last winter. He wound up pitching 19 2/3 innings in the majors between Milwaukee and Baltimore but was tagged for 20 runs in that time. The 2025 season was Rodriguez's second with at least some MLB work."
"Reyes, another former Tiger, is entering his third season with the KBO's Giants. The 31-year-old has slashed .339/.390/.493 in 1275 plate appearances without missing a game during his first two KBO campaigns. Reyes previously played in parts of five seasons with Detroit from 2018-22, hitting a combined .264/.294/.379 in a nearly identical sample of plate appearances (1280) to his KBO workload thus far."
"Beasley, 30, pitched in the majors with the D-backs and Blue Jays from 2020-22, tossing a combined 24 2/3 innings with a 5.84 ERA. The right-hander has a solid track record in Triple-A and has spent the past three seasons pitching for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He's pitched to a 2.82 ERA in his three seasons with Hanshin but spent the bulk of this past season with the Tigers' farm club."
Lotte Giants signed free-agent right-hander Elvin Rodriguez for $1MM for the 2026 season, re-signed outfielder Victor Reyes for $1.4MM, and signed right-hander Jeremy Beasley for $1MM. Rodriguez, 27, spent 2023-24 with the Yakult Swallows in NPB, earned a big-league deal, and logged limited MLB innings with Milwaukee and Baltimore while surrendering 55 runs in 52 2/3 MLB frames but posting a sub-2.00 ERA in 45 1/3 NPB relief innings in 2024. Reyes, 31, has slashed .339/.390/.493 in 1,275 KBO plate appearances without missing a game. Beasley, 30, has a 5.84 MLB ERA in 24 2/3 innings and a 2.82 ERA across three seasons with Hanshin in NPB.
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